U.S. government seeks to cut Medicare payments to insurers

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U.S. government seeks to cut Medicare payments to insurers

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-government-seeks-cut-medicare-payments-insurers-005343551--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LhDiTXT8njOsbekUzcF20w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-22T015128Z_3_CBREA1K1PY800_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A pharmacy employee looks for medication as she works to fill a prescription while working at a pharmacy in New York" align="left" title="A pharmacy employee looks for medication as she works to fill a prescription while working at a pharmacy in New York" border="0" /></a>By Caroline Humer (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday proposed a cut in payments to private health insurers for 2015 Medicare Advantage plans, a move Republican lawmakers said would hurt benefits for the elderly and disabled. The proposal, released in a document by a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, appeared to cut payments by more than the 6 to 7 percent the insurance industry had expected, one Wall Street analyst said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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